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I happen to think he has a solid team, but considering his first 3 picks are every bit as likely to split time (Davis/Garner) or miss time (Lewis - trial?) as anyone else in the league, he sure talks a big game.Of the Survivor 1 teams through 4 rounds, I like Couch Potato's team (Moss, Faulk, Dunn, K.Jones) and Chase Stuart's team (Vick, Portis, Henry, Mason).Of the Survivor 2 teams through 4 rounds, Shawn Culcasi's team is solid (McNabb, Barlow, Faulk, K.Jones) as is David Yudkin's (F.Taylor, C.Brown, M. Vick, T.Barber).Colin
This was NOT an ADP draft.Go look at antsports' top-24 overall, and you see different players in 12-team league:s as the top-24 (sorry about the formatting): 1. Priest Holmes RB KCC 1.01.00 1.01 1.04 249 2. LaDainian Tomlinson RB SDC 1.01.89 1.01 1.04 248 3. Clinton Portis RB WAS 1.03.52 1.01 1.07 239 4. Ahman Green RB GBP 1.04.00 1.01 1.07 245 5. Deuce McAllister RB NOS 1.04.66 1.02 1.07 242 6. Shaun Alexander RB SEA 1.06.00 1.01 1.10 242 7. Jamal L. Lewis RB BAL 1.07.00 1.02 2.00 247 8. Ricky L. Williams RB MIA 1.070 1.02 2.00 240 9. Edgerrin James RB IND 1.09.00 1.03 2.04 243 10. Randy Moss WR MIN 1.10.00 1.01 2.07 233 11. Marshall Faulk RB STL 1.12.00 1.07 2.10 229 12. Fred Taylor RB JAC 1.12.53 1.07 2.08 244 13. Marvin Harrison WR IND 2.02.51 1.03 2.11 225 14. Kevan Barlow RB SFO 2.04.00 1.07 3.06 220 15. Domanick Davis RB HOU 2.04.00 1.06 3.04 241 16. Stephen Davis RB CAR 2.04.68 1.09 3.07 231 17. Torry Holt WR STL 2.05.00 1.09 3.03 217 18. Corey Dillon RB NEP 2.07.00 1.10 4.09 240 19. Rudi A. Johnson RB CIN 2.07.00 1.09 3.10 235 20. Daunte Culpepper QB MIN 2.07.96 1.07 3.11 236 21. Terrell Owens WR PHI 2.08.00 1.07 3.05 225 22. Travis Henry RB BUF 2.08.00 1.10 3.11 234 23. Peyton Manning QB IND 2.09.60 1.03 4.00 242
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If you read the rules you would see why it's not as bad as it looks to have week 5 and beyond bye weeks. Low scorers will be booted from the Island based on this criteria:Week 1-4 - Lose 1 team per week, High score gets immunity (and is exempt from leaving) for the next week Week 5/6 - Lose 1 team per two weeks (combined score of week 5 and 6) Week 7/8 - Lose 1 team per two weeks (combined score of week 7 and 8) Week 9/10 - Lose 1 team per two weeks (combined score of week 9 and 10) Week 11/12 - Lose 1 team per two weeks (combined score of week 11 and 12) Immunity will be for the first three weeks only (week 3 winner gets immunity for the 4th week). Week 4 high score does not get immunity.
), How about some early love for that Anderson team? 
Oh, did I mention that Aaron is a rat ******* yet?
My top choices through 4 rounds:I am pretty familiar with the rules because we used them in EBFI. It will still hurt to have your top three RB's off in one of the two weeks. Odds are that you will be kicked out week 5/6
I don't have my top three RB's off in round five. I have 2 RB, and a TE off in the first half of the week 5/6 combined score.
Whoops, that's my bad. I still don't think it was smart to draft your top two RB's and your top TE with the same bye week. I'm interested to see how the rest of your team turned out.
to both, as I see great value in the Moss selection from the 11/12 positionwhile it is nice finally getting the first 4 rounds, w/commentary from the owners, it will be difficult to assess the overall strength of these teams until 10 rounds or so are postedlooking forward to it
Along with B-Fred's ability to get Portis #7 along with Dom Davis in League Two, it appears the #7 spot was the place to be for RBs in both these drafts!
Is that Trey with an orange Afro in your new avatar???
Actually, your first FOUR picks are more likely to split time than anyone else in the league, since you drafted 4 RBs in the first four rounds, but can only start two each week. No offense, but as much as you spent on Ricky (1.9), Barber (2.4), or Chris Brown (3.9), and TJ Duckett (4.4), I'm not sure your RB position is top 5, let alone #1, in your league. That's going to be tough to recover from.
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I think when the dust clears, my RBs will be every bit as strong as anyone else's. Obviously, 2004 is a new year, but I expect each of those guys to perform at or above the position in which they were drafted, particularly Barber. In this scoring system last season, he outscored Travis Henry and Stephen Davis, which were my other two considerations there. Considering he was a top-15 scorer with only 3 TDs (Fred Taylor's 7 was the next fewest by a back that finished ahead of him) and I'd say he offers a very solid 2nd option. Is Brown an "upside or bust" pick? Probably, but I'd be very surprised if anyone won this league without having an unexpected player go bananas. I like Brown's chances of doing that better than any of the 3 Jones boys, which is why I selected him in the 3rd. Colin
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Thanks for the props KleckI'm taking some flack for going Heap in the 4th. I know that seems early. However, I strongly believed with the 2-point reception rule there was a distinct advantage to be had grabbing an elite at that position. Obviously without seeing my full roster you can't tell if that strategy cost me at another position. However, I personally do not feel it did. Time will tell.
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LOL X 2LOL x 3 on Joe T's commentary.
Let's say Brown "goes bananas", and Tiki has a huge year, both of which are possible. And Ricky is Ricky again, and Duckett gets double digit TDs again, while Dunn breaks a leg. Even if all of these things happen, how many more points per week do you think you get from your backs than the next guy in your league? More importantly, how many fewer points do you get at QB, WR, TE and probably kicker and D because you spent so much here? Even if your optimistic projections of the RBBC guys you picked in the third and fourth pan out, you're still so far behind at other positions that it's going to be hard to dig your way out. You've injury-proofed your team, but you've also victory-proofed it. (Of course, I'm the guy whose top 2 RBs have the same bye week, but I happen to think Portis/Davis will score about the same as Ricky/Tiki/Brown/Duckett the weeks they're not on bye).
Getting all four of those guys in a 12-team league with that scoring is a crime.
Was it Willie Green?Your team and his areproof positive that drafting really well is not aguarantee of anything in this survivor format.I will continue to call 2pt/TE a VBD trap in this league - especially considering everyone who drafted top-rated TEs in Leguae Two fell behind at other starting receiver positions. Both QB and TE are positions that can be platooned later with decent results. Is it worth it to lose ground by taking a top QB AND a top TE within the first 4 picks? Especially in a start-three WR league?interestingly, that was almost identical to my survivor II team last year.i had portis, cpep, gonzo, and some crappy RB...which could be the difference between his team and my team last year.i got bumped in the 4th week.
He was only a 5 TD (over a 2 TD season away from being a viable starter in standard performance league systems.Those receiving numbers are nothing to scoff at.
I had never participated in one with 12 people. I have played in a 10 team twice before, IIRC.Colin
